| Muay Thai Kickboxing is often referred to as the | | | | Thailand has been known to hold open challenges |
| science of 8 limbs. The reason for this title is the | | | | pitting other forms of standup fighting against |
| fact that you use nearly every body part as a | | | | their Thai boxers. Most Thai fighters are heavily |
| weapon. You can strike with your forehead, | | | | out weighed in these matches but still manage to |
| elbows, fists, Knees, Shins and feet. Muay Thai | | | | destroy their opponents due to the various ways |
| Kickboxing was invented over 2000 years ago | | | | of attacking. No other martial art trains you to |
| and is recognized as one of the oldest martial arts | | | | use every limb to attack and most other martial |
| known to man. Although records of Muay Thai | | | | arts limit their striking area to above the waist. In |
| fights only date back to 700 years ago, there is a | | | | Thai boxing you are allowed to kick, punch and |
| general consensus that Muay Thai originated over | | | | knee your opponent's legs. Many opponents who |
| 2000 years ago in the part of Asia that is now | | | | are unaccustomed to receiving leg kicks literally |
| inhabited by China.Muay Thai is known as the | | | | lose the match due to the excruciating pain as a |
| martial art of "kings" because in 1411 when a king | | | | result of the technique.Thai boxing is not known |
| by the name of Sen Muajng Ma died, his sons | | | | as the most vicious martial art for no reason. Thai |
| literally fought to the death for his throne, using | | | | boxers train their kicks in a manner that when |
| the techniques of muay thai. Many kings were | | | | you are struck by them it literally feels like |
| known to not only train in the martial art of Muay | | | | someone has swung a baseball bat. Thai boxers |
| Thai but also to compete. The only problem is | | | | tend to focus on a few effective techniques and |
| that it was viewed as improper to touch an | | | | master them rather then wasting energy on |
| emperor much less strike one. So a king by the | | | | some of the flashier techniques found in other |
| name Phra Buddha Choa Sua used to enter | | | | martial arts. In addition to being an effective |
| various Muay Thai tournaments dressed as a | | | | martial art and the official self defense system of |
| peasant in order to fool both the audience and his | | | | the Thai national army, Muay Thai is one of the |
| opponents. He not only won all his matches, he | | | | best cardiovascular workouts you will ever |
| eventually defeated the national champion.The | | | | partake in. Many aerobic studios incorporate Thai |
| majority of the world refers to Muay Thai as | | | | boxing techniques into their workouts. As you can |
| Thai boxing. Although Thai boxing's most recent | | | | see if you want to kill two birds with one stone |
| claim to fame is from John Claude Van Dam and | | | | by both learning how to defend yourself and |
| other various movies, this martial art is regarded | | | | getting yourself into great shape, Thai boxing is a |
| as one of the most brutal forms of self defense. | | | | martial art that's definitely worth taking a look at. |